Somali Community Parents Association (Socopa)

Analysis

Somali Community Parents Association (Socopa) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in June 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Somali Community Parents Association (Socopa) reported income of £167k and spending of £163k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £114k to £167k (+46%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Somali Community Parents Association (Socopa) sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Llanrumney Hall Community Trust Limited (£167k), Rainbow Baby Bank (£168k) and The Monmouthshire Provincial Grand Charity 2004 (£167k).